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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on why college debt is the highest in history, and it is especially hard on women.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Student Farm Manager Shizue RocheAdachi harvests broccoli on the Yale Farm, Credit: Elif Erez
Student farm manager interns at the Yale farm straddle two worlds: one of academics and one of hands-on agriculture. But are these two worlds as d...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 08:42
Caption: Nitya Vidyasagar
Romance sparks at the college health clinic when an undergraduate uses Thoreau, Bengali song, and the bubble wrap game to win over another student.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:55
Caption: Jerry Stiller
Two short plays. In I’m with Ya, Duke; Jerry Stiller plays a fruit vendor mouthing off about Brooklyn these days, impending surgery, and the loss o...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The trials and tribulations of too many choices.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:16
Caption: Jeremy instructing the student farm interns on the Yale farm., Credit: Elif Erez
Jeremy Oldfield is the farm manager at Yale University's urban farm. After running away from the world of elite East Coast colleges for a farm in C...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Brina keeps this audio journal of her first year at Brown University. “I have this weird sense that anybody I meet I might never see again. And al...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:06
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"Bees and Cheer" is a rollicking good time. It's a huge folk concert that happens twice yearly at Yale University, and the show features the underg...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
Caption: Jeremy instructing the student farm interns on proper seeding technique in one of Yale Farm's plastic high tunnels, Credit: Elif Erez
Jeremy Oldfield is the current farm manager at Yale University's urban farm. After running away from the world of elite East Coast colleges for a ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:03
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The University of Alabama was one of the last schools to integrate it's football team. in 1967, five African American men tried to change that.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:53
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In an effort to understand more about what college students get out of their education, WTIP North Shore Community Radio's Youth Radio Project read...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 16:37
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Middle school girls have a lot to deal with. One psychologist says that a way to help them is by pairing the preteen girls with college-aged mentor...

Bought by KZYX and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 2
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From preteen girls to college women to female faculty at the highest ranks of academia—a show about how women are learning to become leaders throug...

Bought by KGNU and WAMC


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Teens have so much on their plates these days.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
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Living in a new place can be hard. It can also be great!

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
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Are colleges and universities ready for the influx of veterans returning from military service?

  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Alejandra Bautista-Landin, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
When Alejandra fell behind on college tuition payments, she made a terrible decision. She robbed a bank.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


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  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Unpaid internships are a valuable and sometimes necessary experience for college students and recent graduates, especially in light of the global f...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: The campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., founded in 1874. , Credit: Steve Woit, courtesy of Macalester College.
The most popular college major in America these days is business. Does it pay to study liberal arts? (9/8/2011)

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUIS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by KWIT and WUIS


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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An expert on hazing is looking at ways to prevent this dangerous initiation ritual from happening on campus. Kelley Libby reports.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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A woman reflects on her decision to give up equestrianism and go to college.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Training the next generation of care providers becomes increasingly important as the population ages. , Credit: Kate Davidson
Nursing is a hot career. The federal government says it will create more new jobs than any other profession in the coming years … almost 600,000 jo...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:36
Caption: Second year nursing students Travis Pierce, Shelby Feldpausch, Staci Pierson (kneeling), Jennifer Meaton, Ashley Neybert and Jamie Hill. And of course, Mr. Pointer, center. , Credit: Kate Davidson
The country is facing a nursing shortage. But schools in our region can’t keep up with the demand for nursing education. Changing Gears is a projec...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:42
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Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1